Catton promoted at BlackRock; Shah joins DB, Framjee poached by Morgan Stanley
Dean Catton has been named head of European credit trading at BlackRock following the departure of Nikhil Sethi. His new position puts him in...
Missing liquidity – Zen and the art of liquidity maintenance
Regulators cannot find the liquidity problem that traders see daily, threatening to set rules for game ‘A’, when game ‘B’ is played out in the markets. Chris...
Chaucer: Cost of insurance against defaults on sovereign debt jumps by 102%
The cost of insuring against sovereign debt defaults has increased by an average of 102% over the past year, according to research by global...
TransFICC: The Evolution of the Muni Market
Driven by volume growth and technology
By Bo-yun Liu, Director of Product Solutions, TransFICC
Taken in aggregate, the Muni market is roughly $4.2T Outstanding with $15.6B...
Buy side hails positive development of STP for bond issuance
Risk warning lights flashing on buy-side trading desks could be assuaged thanks to industry collaboration on primary markets.
It seems incongruous that the 50-year old...
CME Group to launch €STR options in Q1 2024
Derivatives marketplace CME Group is to launch options on €STR futures from Q1 2024, adding to its suite of European rates derivatives.
CME launched 3-month...
Credit Spotlight: How clear can pre-trade get?
Pre-trade transparency is a nirvana for over-the-counter markets, particularly corporate bond trading, which lack the publicly displayed prices of the exchange-traded market.
Unless it...
Varrow swaps ING for RBC
Daniel Varrow has joined RBC Capital Markets as head of financials credit trading.
He is based in London.
RBC reported CAD 1.3 billion in capital markets...
thinkFolio connects with Lucera’s LumeALFA Analytics and Neptune Axes
IHS Markit, the information, analytics and solutions provider, has established connectivity between its thinkFolio investment management platform and Lucera and Neptune, to support access...
Evocative return as European Women in Finance Awards celebrates 2022 winners
Press release: For immediate distribution ...
MarketAxess and Tradeweb beat TRACE in December slowdown
US electronic credit activity cooled into year-end. On FINRA’s TRACE tape, combined US investment-grade (IG) and high-yield (HY) average daily volume (ADV) was US$42.6 billion in December, down 20.2%...
TP ICAP offers secondary market ATS
TP ICAP has launched an electronic alternative trading system (ATS) for the secondary trading of US structured products, growing the ATS ecosystem in the...
